Dodgers’ Syndergaard leaves after one inning with cut finger
MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard might be lacking a while after a minimize on the index finger of his pitching hand precipitated him to depart Tuesday’s sport after one inning.
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned it’s too early to inform whether or not this difficulty would require the 30-year-old to go on the injured checklist.
“Certainly the IL is a possibility, but we want to give Noah and the training staff some time before we make that decision,” Roberts mentioned after the Dodgers’ 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Syndergaard mentioned he additionally handled this difficulty a few weeks in the past throughout a bullpen session. Roberts mentioned Syndergaard had been in a position to pitch by it prior to now as a result of the minimize has been coated up.
The downside arose once more shortly earlier than Tuesday’s sport.
“I went to use the restroom before the game and looked down and my hand was bleeding pretty good,” Syndergaard mentioned. “We tried to do what we could to make it serviceable, but it just got to the point where it was probably going to just continue to open up.”
After throwing his warm-up pitches earlier than the underside of the primary inning, Syndergaard went to the dugout earlier than returning to the mound.
Syndergaard then allowed the primary two Brewers hitters to succeed in base earlier than he bought out of the inning with out permitting a run.
Christian Yelich hit a leadoff single and Jesse Winker walked earlier than Willy Adames hit a drive that Chris Taylor caught in entrance of the left-field wall. Rowdy Tellez then grounded right into a double play.
“It was pretty nasty,” Roberts mentioned of the minimize. “It was raw. Even in the first inning, there were numerous pitches that he threw that had blood residue on it. He was willing to keep trying to go, but to what end?”
Syndergaard threw 20 pitches, together with 11 strikes, in his first look since April 30.
“Obviously he wants to pitch, and I understand that,” Roberts mentioned. “We’ve got to make the best decision for him and for us.”
The resolution is whether or not to present Syndergaard day without work to permit the minimize to heal or to see if the veteran can proceed to work by it.
“I think we’ll know more in the next couple of days,” Roberts mentioned. “He’s had it and put stuff on it to keep it at bay. Tonight, it just didn’t take.”
The Dodgers signed Syndergaard to a one-year, $13 million contract in December. He owns a 1-3 document with a 6.12 ERA.
